Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) for Country: Pakistan Date of submission: July 31, 2013 Date of first revision: September 13, 2013 Date of second revision: November 8, 2013 Date of Participants Committee (PC-16) meeting, December 13, 2013 Final version with incorporation of PC-16 decision: July 25, 2014 Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) 1 Disclaimer: The World Bank and the UN-REDD Programme do not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in the Readiness Preparation Proposals (R-PPs) submitted by REDD Country Participants and accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any consequence of their use. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in the R-PPs do not imply on the part of the World Bank any judgment on the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. Table of Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................ 6 Acronyms the country uses in the R-PP ............................................................................................. 8 Component 1: Organize and Consult ................................................................. 4 1a. National Readiness Management Arrangements ......................................................................... 4 1b.Information Sharing and Early Dialogue with Key Stakeholder Groups ...................................... 14 1c. Consultation and Participation Process ....................................................................................... 35 Component 2: Prepare the REDD-plus Strategy ................................................... 40 2a. Assessment of Land Use, Land Use Change Drivers, Forest Law, Policy and Governance ..... 40 2b. REDD-plus Strategy Options....................................................................................................... 55 2c. REDD-plus Implementation Framework ...................................................................................... 64 2d. Social and Environmental Impacts during Readiness Preparation and REDD-plus Implementation .................................................................................................................................. 71 Component 3: Develop a National Forest Reference Emission Level and/or a Forest Reference Level ....................................................................... 75 Component 4: Design Systems for National Forest Monitoring and Information on Safeguards ............................................................................. 83 4a. National Forest Monitoring System ............................................................................................. 83 4b. Designing information system for multiple benefits, other impacts, governance, and safeguards93 Component 5: Schedule and Budget .............................................................. 100 Component 6: Design a Program Monitoring and Evaluation Framework ................. 107 Table of Annexes Annex I List of members of National Steering Committee on REDD+ Annex II The ToRs of REDD+ Working Groups Annex III Proposed Composition and TOR of REDD+ Management Committees Annex IV Main Stakeholder consultation and outreach sessions to date, topics discussed and consulted stakeholders Annex V Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in climatic zones of Pakistan Annex VI Coverage, significance, threats & main possible interventions in land resource regions of Pakistan Annex VII Forest Policies Annex VIII Forest Laws 2 Annex IX Current Land Use in Pakistan Annex X Land Use Change in Forest Cover Annex XI Terms of Reference for Social and Environmental Impact Assessment Annex XII Consultative Meeting on REDD+ R-PP Annex XII Circulation of draft REDD+ R-PP to Provinces 3 General Information Contact Information Details for the national REDD-plus national focal point (lead official, and day-to-day contact) are as follows below. Name Syed Mahmood Nasir Title Inspector General of Forests (IGF), REDD+ Focal Point for Pakistan Organization Climate Change Division, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Pakistan Address 5th Floor, Climate Change Division, LG&RD Complex, G-5/2,Islamabad, Pakistan. Telephone Official: +91-51-9245589 Fax +91-51-9245590 Email [email protected] Website R-PP Development Team Names and organizations of the authors and contributors to the R-PP are as follows: Table 1: RPP Development Team Name Organization Jawed Ali Khan (Lead Author) Freelance Consultant, Ex Director General (Environment & Climate Change), Former National Focal Point-Pakistan UNFCCC Dr. Shahzad Jehangir Deputy Inspector General (Forests), CCD, GoP Aurangzeb Ashraf Awan Deputy Inspector General (Forests), CCD, GoP Kamran Hussain Provincial Focal Point REDD+, Forest Department, Govt. of GB Kevin D. Gallagher Country Representative, FAO, Pakistan Ben Vickers FAO RAP Tayyab Shahzad Sustainable Land Management Programme Ms. Eveline Trines (Co-author) Scope14+ Patrick van Laake Scope14+ Muhammad Ibrahim Khan WWF Pakistan Muhammad Sohail ICIMOD Pakistan office Ms. Faiza Lodhi WWF Pakistan Muhammad Afra Siyab Intern Office of IG(F), CCD, GoP Summary of the R-PP 4 Dates of R-PP preparation (beginning to submission): July 31, 2013 Expected duration of R-PP implementation (month/year to January 2014 to December 2017 month/year): Total budget estimate: USD 4,589,000 Anticipated sources of funding: (i) FCPF: US$ 3,800,000 (ii) UN-REDD:US$ 109,000 (iii) National Govt. contribution: US$ 680,000 (iv) Other sources: To be explored Expected government signer of R-PP grant request (name, Syed Mahmood Nasir, Inspector General of title, affiliation): Forests (IGF), REDD+ Focal Point for Pakistan, Climate Change Division, Government of Pakistan Expected key results from the R-PP implementation Outcome 1) Development of the National process: REDD+ strategy and its implementation framework. Outcome 2) Establishment of institutional mechanism for REDD+ implementation in Pakistan and capacity building Outcome 3) Desi nin f Pa istan’s F rests REL/RLs, safeguards, SIS, MBIGS and monitoring system for REDD+ Outcome 4) Assessment of social and environmental impact and documentation of best practices. 5 Executive Summary Pakistan’s 5 01% of the total land area is covered by forests and planted trees. The forest resources of Pakistan are deteriorating both qualitatively and quantitatively and the annual change rate during 1990-2000 was -1.8% and during 2000-2005 was - 2.1%. The main types of forests in Pakistan include conifer, juniper, scrub, riverine and mangrove forests. Irrigated plantations have been raised mainly in Punjab and Sindh provinces. Pakistan is mainly a dry land country, with 80% of its land in arid and semi-arid areas. Current rate of deforestation of natural forests is 27,000 hectare per year. There is a serious threat of accelerated deforestation and forest degradation in many parts of the country in the wake of rising population and associated wood demands, weak governance of tenure, encroachments and land cover changes superimposed by adverse impacts of climate change. Government of Pakistan (GoP) is, therefore, promoting REDD+ (Reduction of Emissions from deforestation and degradation) program for preservation of forests through private sector led carbon sequestration and carbon credit generation. In this regards, private sector would be encouraged to allocate resources for REDD+ development. Also, a clear regulatory process needs to be developed urgently to oversee REDD+ activities in the country especially to ensure rights of forestry stakeholders and indigenous populations. REDD+ process was initiated by GoP in 2009 with consultative workshops and awareness raising. In 2012, a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee was constituted. Provincial Coordination and REDD+ Management Committees were constituted. National and provincial focal points were declared. Working Groups (WGs) were formulated to compile and deliver information on the following: (i) Governance and Management of REDD+; (ii) Stakeholders’ En a e ent and Safeguards; (iii) National Forest Monitoring System and MRV; and (iv) Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation. All the relevant bodies are working together to create awareness and necessary preparation for REDD+ Readiness process in Pakistan. The inputs acquired through this process will be utilized to develop the REDD+ National Strategy and Implementation Plan. The consultation activities produced several important outcomes including identification of a range of stakeholders relevant to REDD+ along with the outreach methods that enhanced both collaboration and capacity building among national, provincial and local level line agencies and other respective organizations, and hence enhanced ownership of the REDD+ mechanism. During the consultation process, various capacity building needs were also identified. In Pa istan’s ntext, the f ll in REDD+ strate y ti ns / governance options have been conceived: (i) A market/project based architecture: Includes buyers and sellers of carbon stored in forests. Buyers are firms with emission reduction responsibilities. Sellers are owners of forests or actors with use rights to forest resources. Interaction between these will take the form of trades. (ii) A system with national REDD+ funds outside national